Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos was released from a federal prison in Wisconsin on Friday morning after serving 12 days for lying to investigators about his contacts with Russia-linked officials during the 2016 campaign.

He will now have 12 months of supervised release and will have to serve more than 200 hours of community service as well as pay a $9,500 fine.

“Glad to have been released today, I am extremely grateful to patriots who supported me,” Papadopoulos tweeted Friday evening while sharing his plans to release a book.

Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in October 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with Russia-linked individuals he was seeking to broker a meeting with for the Trump campaign.- READ MORE